Good Morning everyone! Lets kick of this new week in a positive frame of mind!

To any newcomers - feel free to jump in! Some of us are aiming to be binge free for a week, others are aiming for a day. Whatever your goal, share your ups and downs here.

This is a place to share and support each other on our journeys.

Lets get this show on the road!

Today is day 60 for me. Almost 2 months. It feels like a bit of a milestone really. I found this place on Day 1 and feel that the help, support and friendship I've recieved here have really helped me.

I was a mess at first. I felt like I'd never be able to live a day without binging. I was stuck, and scared. It felt so hopeless. I didn't want to die from this illness, so I decided to have one last go. And I found my way here. Hearing how other people, people who were just like me, had found the strength to abstain from binging inspired me. I felt that maybe I could do this.

Almost 2 months down the line, I still have hard days. Overall, I feel so much better. I'm starting to feel emotions instead of hiding them with food. I'm starting to live. I feel 'free'.

Its for this reason that I'm aiming to be binge free today. One day at a time.

Am going to start with going binge-free one day at a time.

Hey - count me in! Specifically, I will eat NOTHING after dinner this week. That's so my downfall...

Hi ThinnyThighs, nice to have you in the thread! I find it a bit daunting to think about the longterm, so I just focus on this day. As long as I do my best today, I'm happy. One quote I've often heard Overeaters Anonymous members say is: "Progress, not perfection". It helps me to keep saying that to myself.

Nice to meet you MsLizzie Evening snacking used to be a problem for me, so I make sure that I have a low GI dinner. Low GI things keep me feeling satisfied for longer, meaning I'm less likely to snack. I've now stopped buying snack food, if it isn't in the house, I can't eat it! I used to be so terrified of getting hungry that I'd graze throughout the evening. I'm slowly learning that I won't suddenly starve if I don't eat every hour.

I'm in! I'm going to specifically work on my evening snacking - I eat too much!

I'm 'white knuckling' it today. My mind is constantly on food, but I'm fighting. Luckily there isn't really much I can binge on, that helps.

Feeling a little down today. Its hard to stay positive when dealing with long-term issues I find. I often get worn down. I'm doing my bit though, and should feel proud for that.

I'm starting to look into what I can do about another one of my 'problems'. I don't know if I'm ready to tackle it yet - I want to be 'stable' enough in my recovery from binging before I attempt to tackle it. Its thought to be a form of OCD or selfharm or Body Dysmorphic Disorder - I pick my skin. Its pretty gross so I won't talk about it lol. I want to try and get better now, but I know if I do too much too soon, I'll end up failing at everything.

How is everyone feeling today?

Ohhh Iīm so so happy I found this thread.. binging has always been my problem.
Well it started a few years ago, in 2001 when I was diagnosed with hipotiroidismo (sorry donīt know the word in english but iīm sure u understand). Anyway, i went to this doctor, he gave me the meds i need but he also started giving me some other pills (which I had to make specially), and he told me it was for my methabolism. I told him I wanted to lose weight and he told me that would work well. Anyway I started taking them and started not eating and loosing so much weight. I had gained like 10 kgs (22 pds) with the hipo but I lost about 20 kgs and I never felt hungry so I dindīt eat much, I could go 2 o 3 days with nothing to eat and barely sleeping.

Well to make it short what he gave me was sibutramine which I didnīt know what it was, Iīm a law student and I donīt know what meds are for and I was taking about 40 mgs a day... way too much, anyway he had a patient who died and I never went there again and of course I put on all the weight and more and ended with a depression. My psychiatrist (is that how u say it??) told me it was bcause i stopped taking them, that itīs like drugs and going from 40 mgs to 0 was what produces my depression. Well, Iīm fine now, no depression, no meds and no psychiatrist but since then Iīve had this bingging problem...

Well thatīs my story and 2day is my day 2 and my personal best is 12 days (not much uhhh) but I hope this time it will be better and we can make it together!

Ahh sorry 4 my english!

Nice to meet you Rafaella- I know we can do this if we take one day at a time.

Odaat - Sorry you are feeling down. I fight with depression most days even though i am on medication. I hope you are feeling better soon. Just keep pushing on. You are so supportive of everyone on here and i am sure help many people.

Penelope - evening snacking is one of my big downfalls to.

To everyone else - Hi sorry i didn't get to respond to your posts. Just keep pushing forward on your goals. We can do this together.

Today is day #3 of being on plan with no binges in sight for me--three consecutive days this week. I hope everyone else's day is binge-free, too!

Day 2 binge free.

Im in.. i just got back from Europe. I see there are a lot of new faces on here and I'm eager to lose this vacation weight. It seems all the hard work I did before really fell to the wayside but I've been binge free for a few days now. I"m living back with my parents until I find a place of my own in the city so that stops the night time bingeing when I'm most vulnerable. Although I've found other places. I think it might be day 4 for me.. but whatever.. Ill start from here. No binge today!

I'm in! I will not eat out of stress or boredom this week. If I feel bored or stressed I will find something other than food to take it away.

Messed up today, but I'm in for the rest of the week.

Yay to the rest of you!

Its great to see the thread so busy!

Today is my last day home alone, and I'm so glad as loneliness and boredom are triggers for me.

I'm off to the doctors today, its a few weeks early but I'm struggling with my depression so I want to go back. Its always tempting to pick up naughty things when I'm at the shop getting my prescription, so I'm writing my list and I'm going to stick to it.

Well done everyone for the brilliant effort! Its inspiring to share this thread with such strong people